Grain—Six Sentence Story

Like most of us Jerry believed in neither gods nor demons. Nonetheless, he had no more than a grain of sanity planted in that noodle of his since he kept insisting we were computer simulations. I’d ask him, what did he think we were simulations OF anyway, to smack some sense into him, but it didn’t work.

Eventually something did happen to Jerry (not my doing, mind you), that caused him to start following Jesus, of all people, especially since just the day before he was talking that simulation nonsense.

Jerry spent the last year blooming like a goofy, exotic flower which truly amused us. I’d remind him, though, on occasion, that by his own assessment he wasted most of his life since he “repented” of nearly all of it (including the simulation stuff), but all he could say was that he wondered when I would stop wasting mine.

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Denise offers the prompt word “grain” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Fancy flower next to the cathedral in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Author: Frank Hubeny

I enjoy walking, poetry and short prose as well as taking pictures with my phone.

30 thoughts on “Grain—Six Sentence Story”

  1. In this flower, I see the head of a goose with a tufted head. (Oh brother!) it is beautiful. Salvation happens in a moment of repentance. You are inwardly changed! The rest is a moment of sanctification but you are changed!!

    I may be out of the box but I’m not out of reach.

    Blessings to you, Frank!

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  7. I believe that flower is what my mom called a “bird of paradise.”

    Indeed, coming to Jesus later, you can’t regret the time spent before, just make the most of what He’s given you now. All that “before” was preparing you for the “now,” anyway.

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    1. Yes, I think that flower is called a bird of paradise. Good point about making the most of what He’s given us now. Thank you and blessings, Mimi!

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  11. Touche! Good one, Frank–it takes some of us a long time to get on the Jesus Bus. Thankfully, God is patient…He knows the ones He has set apart for Himself, and meets them when and where it’s meant to be.

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  12. Echoing Lenna, Frank, touche! I think maybe Jerry not only got there (faithwise, by God’s grace) but has something to teach us veteran Christians about wasting OUR time. Great Six! Blessings to you, brother. Hope you had a blessed Lord’s Day.

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    1. Although I didn’t realize it when writing it, the story does seem to be about wasting time whenever we are not following Jesus even for those who believe in Him. Blessings, Dora!

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